Dinosaurs found in
United Kingdom
58 kinds of dinosaur have been found in United Kingdom, from 209 recorded finds. The best known are Iguanodon, Megalosaurus and Baryonyx.
Most of the fossils come from the Wessex Formation, the Wadhurst Clay Formation, the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation, the Weald Clay Formation and the Charmouth Mudstone Formation.
Where the fossils were found
From the field
Famous dinosaurs from United Kingdom
Iguanodon
10 mHerbivoreEarly Cretaceous
Megalosaurus
6 mCarnivoreMiddle Jurassic
Baryonyx
9 mCarnivoreEarly Cretaceous
Hypsilophodon
2.3 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Neovenator
7.4 mCarnivoreEarly Cretaceous
Scelidosaurus
4 mHerbivoreEarly Jurassic
All 58 dinosaurs found in United Kingdom
- Iguanodon
- Megalosaurus
- Baryonyx
- Hypsilophodon
- Neovenator
- Scelidosaurus
- Proceratosaurus
- Polacanthus
- Eustreptospondylus
- Cetiosaurus
- Hylaeosaurus
- Eotyrannus
- Ceratosuchops
- Thecodontosaurus
- Mantellisaurus
- Saltopus
- Riparovenator
- Sarcosaurus
- Dracoraptor
- Pantydraco
- Duriavenator
- Istiorachis
- Pendraig
- Magnosaurus
- Loricatosaurus
- Nuthetes
- Pelorosaurus
- Valdosaurus
- Cetiosauriscus
- Barilium
- Callovosaurus
- Echinodon
- Agnosphitys
- Camelotia
- Brighstoneus
- Vectiraptor
- Ornithopsis
- Cumnoria
- Yaverlandia
- Vectaerovenator
- Comptonatus
- Xenoposeidon
- Calamosaurus
- Sarcolestes
- Vectidromeus
- Cardiodon
- Duriatitan
- Asylosaurus
- Cruxicheiros
- Hypselospinus
- Owenodon
- Anoplosaurus
- Oplosaurus
- Vectipelta
- Aristosuchus
- Haestasaurus
- Juratyrant
- Metriacanthosaurus